Former Rep. Michael Grimm, R-N.Y., hoping to regain his old seat, said he hopes the House Intelligence Committee's probe into the FBI leads to exoneration of the charges against him. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

The vote also comes amid news that FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe would leave the bureau.

“The vote by the House Intelligence Committee to declassify the FISA abuse memo and the departure of FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe are much-needed steps toward reining in the politicization of our justice system,” Grimm said.

Grimm is running in the Republican primary to challenge Rep. Dan Donovan to win back his former seat representing New York’s 11th District, which encompasses Staten Island.

Grimm, a former FBI agent, said he hopes Republicans’ efforts also reveal he was politically persecuted.

“The same politically corrupt team of players that includes McCabe, Loretta Lynch, James Comey, and many others have had their hands in every politically driven investigation conducted by federal law enforcement in recent years — from sabotaging President Trump with the Russiagate conspiracy theory, to letting Hillary Clinton off the hook in 2016, and as far back as leveraging a civil business violation to drive me out of office in 2014,” he said.